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Escapism Part 3 by TESM, literature

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  • Jan 29
  • New Zealand
  • Deviant for 18 years
  • He / Him
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Current Residence: De Civitas Dei

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CS Lewis
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Religion, philosophy. Because any fool with half a brain (sometimes less) can have an opinion!
The medieval Christian theologian, philosopher and saint Thomas Aquinas famously advanced five arguments for God's existence in his magnum opus, the Summa Theologiae. Drawing on the work of Aristotle, he set about trying to show that the existence of God could be demonstrated from the most basic of observations.  This series of posts will set out, as clearly as I know how, the arguments and their metaphysical presuppositions. Unfortunately for Aquinas' reputation, the conceptual tools that make the best sense of his arguments- the metaphysics of Aristotle- are lost on the average modern reader. Worse, Aquinas illustrates his arguments with e
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The following is an argument against the compatibility of divine foreknowledge and libertarian free will: α: ☐p → Np, where Np means, "there is nothing that we can do to change p." β: [(Np & N(p → q)) → Nq] Let S(t) be the state of the world at t (where t is some time in the distant past), and S(t) includes God's knowing that Q, where Q = "I will eat cheese" Then: 1. ☐(S(t) → Q) By α, 2. N(S(t) → Q) 3. NS(t) [prem, I cannot change the past] 4. NS(t) & N(S(t) → Q) By β, 5. NQ Conclusion: no matter what I do, I will eat cheese. Therefore, I am not free
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This meditation is on the peculiar theme, found most famously in Lovecraft, of "Cosmic Horror." Nihilistic though this theme may be, it is in a sense a "pure" vein of material, unadulterated with excuses or feeble peacemaking with the idea of man's utter insignificance, such as we might find in the hands of a less manly writer. We are exposed full-force (or at least that is the author's intent) to the idea that Man is adrift in an indifferent cosmos doomed from before the birth of his world by powers too vast, ancient and alien to comprehend. Indeed, "Power" might be a misleading word to describe that which gnaws at the root of Lovecraft's un
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happy birthday
1st Emoticon: Happy Birthday 
Sup man. You still around?
Yep, occasionally!
Nice post on that forum about viewing Jesus alternately, I'm glad someone said that the right thing.
Thanks! Ill-disguised and undeserved senses of superiority like that really annoy me, too.
Hello Nerdus ! Just spreading the love around DA! ^^ I wanted to say I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas! 

Even if Christmas isn't in till the 25th.